warmer, deeper water between cuba and florida.(grant) thanks for joining us i'm grant lodes (vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis....miami is now in line for a direct hit from this storm. officials are telling people to get out while they can. from our partners at cnn... kyung lah has the latest details from florida... after seeing the devastation irma left behind in the caribbean..floridians are bracing for a monster... boarding up their homes///and preparing to get out fast. joel melendez / homestead, florida resident: "today is really the deadline. people are gonna get caught on the turnpikes, they're gonna get caught on the roads, they're gonna do that last minute panic and try to get out of here, it's gonna be too late." their urgency echoed by governor rick scott this afternoon as the sunshine state braces for the most powerful hurricane ever recorded.gov. rick scott / (r) florida: "we cannot save you when the storm starts so if you're in an evacuation zone and you need help you need to tell us now."from kissimmee to

ft lauderdale - residents are waiting hours for the fuel to get out of its path. scott reassuring them supply is his top prioritygov. rick scott / (r) florida: "please take only what you need, we have got to be considerate of others so everybody can get out."as fuel tankers make their way into florida's ports to meet demand... smaller boats and cruise ships are heading out. at least one cruise company tells cnn it is using its vessel to evacuate employees to calmer waters. mayor philip levine / miami beach, fl: "this is a serious, serious storm. i've called it a nuclear hurricane."the mayor of miami beach is also sounding the alarm as ambulances at miami's mercy hospital stand ready to move the last of its patients out of harm's way. miami beach is now under mandatory evacuation orders but still, some residents are vowing to stay. (no name provided): "maybe its uh stupidity of the first class but nevertheless i want to stay home and i want to see if i can survive it." thousands more are heeding orders - crowding florida's airports and state highways as they flee their homes, not knowing what, they may come back to.

thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(grant) four of california's four of four of california's urban search and

rescue teams have received the call and will be headed to florida to help with hurricane irma among the teams going...task force 3 in menlo park. 16 members of that team... returned to menlo park today... after spending a week in texas responding to hurricane harvey. but 30 minutes after they homethey were asked to send even more members...to go help with irma. (sot) (grant) over the next few hours team members will begin arriving and loading nearly 60- thousand pounds of gear on these semis which will be driven out to florida. (vicki) now p-g-&-e crews are heading to florida to help restore power to the area after hurricane irma hits the area this weekend. the national weather service says irma is set to hit

florida in the next couple of days. as part of a mutual aid agreement with the utility florida power and light...about 100 pg&e employees...line workers, equipment operators, supervisors and other personnel... are traveling to the sunshine state after the hurricane moves through the area. employees grabbed last minute items earlier today they had to pack in to a small bag...(sot) "with our safety devices of climbing up the poles and the hooks which we actually use to climb the poles, so there's going to be a lot of trucks and gear there in florida for us, but a lineman has to have his tools. some clothes, some rain gear and your basic safety stuff "(vicki) under the agreement, florida power and light will cover the costs of the support from pg&e. the agreement was signed three years ago - saying if there's a disaster in either place - the utility workers will help each other. this is the second time the agreement has been activated.

pg&e also sent help to florida last year -- after hurricane matthew. (vicki) people aren't the only ones getting out of florida... dozens of adoptable animals were evacuated from the shelters out there and were flown here to the bay area...(grant) this will help clear out the shelters in florida...so there's room for animals who are displaced during irma. kron four's gabe slate is in walnut creek... where some of these animals will be housed. 92 cats and 62 dogs arrived on the tarmac of the hayward airport this afternoon coming from broward county humane society in florida. the shelter there wants to be empty in preperation for all the displaced animals that may need help after hurricane irma. these dogs and cats will be separated between 3 shelters here the east bay spca, berkeley humane society, and at arf, or the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek. that's where i captured these images of the dogs and cats arriving thursday evening arf is taking in 40 cats and 25 dogs. broward

county reached out to the bay area shelters. and they said yes sound from tracy gimbel / arf the animals from florida are not going back they were waiting for adoption there and now will be here until bay area residence adopt them. they will be ready for adoption by early next weekif you can't adopt but want to help arf takes money donations, or crate or pet supply donations, or what they really need is.. sound from tracy gimbel / arf they are offering free adoptions this week and the pets come spayed, nuetered vaccinated, micro chiped ready to join your familyin walnut creek gabe slate kron 4 news. (vicki) make sure you

download the free kron4 mobile app to track hurricane irma and the other two hurricanes as well. we will send out a push alert when irma makes landfall in florida... we'll also be posting the latest information on our website kron four dot com. (grant) another big story to tell you about tonight, credit monitoring company equifax has been hacked. and sensitive info of 143 million americans may have been stolen. we're talking people's social security numbers, birthdates, addresses and even drivers license numbers. and tonight we've learned three equifax executives sold off a bunch of stock...right after the company learned about the breach.(live in mon) kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight in menlo park...and chuch you talked to a cyber security expert there today...who says this hack is alarming on many levels. well, up until now most big hacks of companies like target or sony involved customers credit card information, which can be changed. this hack involved people's very personal information like ssns

or birthdates. in the wrong hands that information can be used to steal someone's identity. i talked to a cyber security exper tthis afternoon that everyone should pay attention to what has happend with equifax. varun badhwar is the founder and ceo of redlock, a menlo park based cloud security company. he says that the hacking of equifax should concern almost every american, even if they have never personally used the company's services.soti think at some point almost every consumer has gone to equifax and pulled down a report. if you haven't directly, one of your banks of financial instates had.in the wake of the hack, he also warns there's not much consumers can do to be proactive about protecting themselves. its extremely hard, if not impossible, to change things like social security numbers, drivers license numbers or birthdates. he says the best people can do is to closely monitor their credit.sotmonitor credit activity. look for instances where you're seeing someone nefarious trying to open up accounts on your behalf because they have all the information required to do so.

equifax is offering free credit monitoring for year to anyone who's concerned that their information many have been compromised, but badwhar points out that that is something of a catch 22.sot youre going to have to go back to equifax and give them your information all over again and hope and trust that you don't lose it again.he also says that the size and scope of this hack should be a wake up call to how vulnerable our personal information is.sotif we can't trust credit monitoring service providers then i'm not sure who's left that our data is secure with. finally, it was also reported today equifax executices sold off millions of dollars in stock just days after the breech was discovered but more than a month before the hack was made public.in menlo park, charles clifford kron 4 news. (vicki) in the east bay... the

captain with the oakland fire department has been arrested for possession of child pornography kron4 obtained this surveillance video of 58- year-old richard chew being arrested yesterday at his home on harper court in lafayette. chew was arraigned today in contra costa county superior court. he his facing one count of possesion and one count of distributing child pornography (vicki) back on august 19th the contra costa county internet crimes against children task force launched an investigation into chew's alleged involvement with child pornography. a search warrant was served at the oakland firefighter's home and where he worked at fire house number-15.

investigators say they found child porn on richard chew's computer and other storage devices. his bail has been set a $200-thousand- dollars (grant) a teen girl from the bay area...declared brain dead more than three years ago... may still be technically alive.... a judge in the east bay made that ruling earlier today... the ruling allows a lawsuit by jahi mcmath's family to move forward. they are suing children's hospital oakland for allegedly botching a routine tonsillectomy for the jahi--who was 13 at the time. the lawsuit also demands the hospital pay for jahi's future care... and demands a ruling be made that she is alive. the alameda county judge will leave that decision to a jury. if jurors rule in favor of jahi -- it could increase the amount of damages in the lawsuit. (grant) coming up on kron4 news at nine... while many kids are getting ready for the school year... one young girl in wisconsin is already thinking about her future... what she is doing... that's lots of adults wouldn't dare try.(vicki) plus.. a

neighborhood in pacifica is mourning tonight after a music teacher was killed in a freak accident... what happened and how they are honoring him...(grant) and after the break.... a teen killed in a car crash.... tonight we hear from her father who describes getting the devastating call no parent wants to get.... kron4 news at 9...continues next... this is the new comfort food.

grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. (grant) students, teachers

and staff in the pacifica school district are in mourning tonight after a freak accident killed a longtime music teacher and band leader. (vicki) kron4's maureen kelly went to ingrid b. lacy middle school where a memorial to the popular educator is growing. oceana high school students came back to their old middle school to comfort each other and pay respects to their former music teacher jerry downs. it was near here that the 15 year veteren of this district was somehow run over

by his own car. it happened at around 11am wednesday and some of his students who were in pe class at the time say they dit. the district has brought on extra grief counselors .should a student have seen something we'll be informed and able to help. it's my understanding the way the accident was situtated very little was seen.i'm told this memorial and a similar one a ocean shore elementary where down also taught music, sprang up sponstanously. students hung up homemade signs like this one saying we love you mr downs or this one which simply reads you were a good guy. they also put out sheet music, one left a drum stick.there are many pictures of downs with his students in their band uniforms.which i''m told he sometimes paid for with his own money..he was apparently a good poker player, and when he won, he made sure his students did too. one parent said the district will not be able to replace him.he was a really sweet guy he gave everything to this school it was sort of his life. the superintendent says they are going forward with back to school night here thursday night, out of respect to mr downs passion and dedication to his students.if i know jerry he would want us to move forward and for his music program to stay intact.plans for public memorial service are underway. maureen kelly kron4 news

(vicki) a teenager who was driving home from work last week... lost control of her car and crashed... she was instantly killed when her car hit a concrete pillar... tonight an east bay community came together to remember her and help her family... kron4's hermela aregawi is at the fundraiser in livermore where she spoke to some of the teen's family members... hermela? she was almost halfway home. but kirsten yalda never made it. samuel yalda/victim's fatherjust the sweetest, most caring girl, she loved everybody, always tried to

help people out. everybody loved her. always tried to help people out. everybody loved her. her father describes getting the devasting call samuel yalda/victim's fathershe said she was in a car accident last night. i was like okay tell me what's going on and she said she didn't make it. and right then i just hung up i couldn't handle it. it was last thursday around 4 in the afternoon.kirsten was on her way home from work police say her car veered off highway 580 eastbound and slammed into a pillar.she was pronounced dead on the scene. samuel yaldit's just a senseless accident, maybe careless driving but her autopsy and everything there's no alcohol or drugs nothing like that and so we're still kind of torn about what happened. its just questions we may not ever have the answers to.today.. 14 jamba juice locations including this location where kirsten worked for the last five months came together to raise money for the family. tara

lindstrom/franchise ownerthe people she was close with said she was just a great spirit, always willing to help others and just seemed like a really good kid. obviously very responsible, worked consistenly, showed up to work and drove a long way to get here so she was obiously raised well. (hermela aregawi) kirsten will be buried tomorrow and her family is still raising money for her funeral services.there is a youcaring site.. and a gofund me site.. we'll have both on our website for donations. reporting live in livermore, hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. (grant) now to our (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero...(vicki) joining us now is chief

meteorologist brittney shipp... thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(vicki) still ahead... find out when the new michael jackson scream album will be released...(grant) and find out why hundreds of gap and banana republic stores are closing it's doors... (vicki) and - kron four is expanding it's sports coverage. our two new football shows kick off this weekend. "the sword and shield zone" hosted by kron four's mark carpenter begins

saturday night at 9 p-m. then at 9:30 - "the red and gold zone" hosted by kron four's henry "woff-dog wofford" will begin. and "sports night live" is expanding ... and will air every sunday from 9 to 10 p-m.

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old navy has done relatively well, with sales up five percent last month. the company plans to open up to 270 new old navy and athleta locations in the next three years. (grant) things not looking good for disney... the company stock took a hit today... closing down more than four-percent. this comes after the company's c-e- o says he expects earnings to be flat this year. wall street had expected a three-percent increase. the company expects its theme park business to do well... but there is some concern about hurricane irma's path affecting disney world in florida. another concern is the health of e-s-p-n... which has been losing subscribers. (vicki) the new michael jackson album will be released this month. it's called "michael jackson scream" and is a compilation to coincide with the halloween season. songs include "ghosts," "torture" and "thriller." "scream" will also feature a new mashup bonus-track called,

"blood on the dance floor, dangerous" release-parties are planned for cities around the world including los angeles, tokyo and london. "scream" will be released september 29. (grant) coming up... the woman at the center of a kidnapping case in las vegas is peaking out tonight... hear what she has to say... (vicki) plus... a woman groped while she was walking on a popular trail in the east bay... we'll show you who police are looking for... (grant) and we continue to track irma as many hurricane warnings have been issued in the southern east coast... we'll take a look at how the bay area plans to help those in the path possible destruction....

(grant) now at 9:30... as hurricane hurricane irma makes its way towards florida... a fema search and rescue team is racing in from the other side of the country to help. (vicki)2 shot as kron four's will tran's reports... the folks from oakland are on their way...after having just helped in texas with the aftermath of hurricane harvey. no rest for the weary.most of the members from the search and rescue team just got back from hurricane harvey.they were told on tuesday to get back to workthis time for an even more powerful hurricane... irma(battalion chief robert lipp/fema- 1:00:04-11 when we gett to where they need us we will find out what they need us for. if it's rescue we will deal with people and pets. companion pets. sometimes it's more of wellness check.) as they're racing towards families in florida.. that also means they're leaving their families back in the bay area.they know this is what

they signed up for.but that doesn't mean it's easy.tanisha bernard/fema-a little overwhelmed, excited, nervous not knowing what to expect. hopefully the hurricane will pass through florida and miss landfall and our services won't be needed but if they are i'm excited to help (reporter- you have any family and if you do what did you say to them?(tanisha-i do. i have a son who plays football at usc and i told him i'm cheering him on but i won't be able to watch him this weekend) fema has already sent 7- 80 person crews like this one in anticipation of hurricane irma these responders... who left as early as 630 this morning... will meet with other bay area crews who were still driving back from harvey with heavy equipment when they were told to stop and turn aroundbattalion chief robert lipp/fema--all of the rescuers who are going they don't know how long they will be gone and clearly we our putting ourselves in danger. we are calculated. it's not like we go running around in 180 mile per hour winds)(will tran/oakland -the responders were told they could be gone for up to three weeks but nothing is set in stone. depending on how destructive irma is.. .more crews like this one will be heading to florida to help in oakland will tran kron 4 news.

(vicki) american airlines has canceled more than two thousand flights due to hurricane irma. operations are scheduled to wind down across south florida in the coming days. cancellations will go into effect for 15 airports... this includes miami, fort lauderdale, orlando, fort myers and west palm beach throughout the weekend. the the key west airport already halted flights last night. (grant) the heavy rain from hurricane harvey - actually caused the city of houston to sink. according to a geo-physicist - at california's institute of technology... the flooding was so widespread it actually "flexed the earth's crust"... and caused the city of houston to sink by two centimeters. however - the scientist says it's only temporary. once the floodwaters recede - there will be what's known as an

"opposite elastic response of the crust"... (vicki) the senate approves a package of bills that pairs emergency funding for hurricane relief... with measures that would raise the debt ceiling and keep the government open for another three months. president trump, in a surprising move, worked with democratic leaders to broker the deal. shocking republican leaders in the room, the president sided with democrrats... who proposed bundling the bills together ... the package includes about 22 billion dollars for fema's disaster relief fund -- 15 billion of which is new, emergency funds. another 6 plus billion was already slated to be in the spending measure that funds the government. the legislation now goes to the house. (grant) and kron 4 would like to thank you, our viewers, for helping the victims of hurricane harvey and making our telethon a success. (vicki) we were able to raise more than 135- thousand dollars during yesterday's telethon for the salvation army. in fact so

many people wanted to donate that the phones kept ringing... we even extended the telethon an extra hour. the 135-thousand dollars is only a preliminary number... and we should have an exact count sometime next week. if you missed out on yesterday's telethon - you can still donate. we've posted a link on our website kron four dot com. (grant) a woman in union city who says she was groped on a walking trail... has helped investigators develop a composite sketch of the suspect. the victim believes the man is hispanic or filipino.. and describes him as standing five-- seven, with a stocky build. he is accused of groping the woman about 6-30- monday morning. police say ... it happened on the union city walking trail, off union city boulevard near kohoutek (kuh-who-tech) way. police say, the woman was able to call 9-11 during the attack... and, it appears that spooked the man, who ran off. sgt. steve mendez/ucpd- "it was more of a groping than anything, um, he grabbed her upon her buttocks and other

parts of her body over the clothes. um, but, you know, in this particular situation, we're really not sure to what extent he was willing to go." (grant) sergeant (grant) sergeant mendez says, the victim claims this was actually the ninth time she has encountered the suspect on the same walking trail. and, each time, he approached her by saying "be my friend." but mendez says, this is the first time that the man ever laid a hand on the woman. (vicki) two sacramento police officers were shot in the line of duty. the shooting happened this morning - as police were trying to stop a vehicle that was being driven by a man wanted for a double homicide. the suspect looked like he was listening to the officers... as he pulled to the side of the road, throwing his keys out the window. but moments later he got out and started shooting. one officer was shot in the chest, but the bullet ricocheted off his bullet-proof vest. the other officer was hit in the leg. both are expected to survive. the suspect was

shot and killed. the shootout happened as hundreds of law enforcement officers were attending the memorial service for sacramento county sheriff's deputy robert french, who was killed in a shootout last week. (grant) a wild kidnapping story that started on calfornia's central coast and ended when the victim walked into a hotel near las vegas. employees helped her escape. the man accused of kidnapping her... is her former boyfriend. now the woman is speaking out and talking about her ordeal. reporter abby theodros has her story. virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"it's hard."55 year old virginia paris is still processing the last couple of days.virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"he was very forceful, very very, very mean."she's talking about her ex-boyfriend 52 year old joseph hetzel. police say he kidnapped paris in solvang

california last friday.the pair was later spotted in at the rail road pass hotel in henderson, and inside this downtown las vegas chapel virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"he said marrying me would get him out of trouble... and pretend like we were on some little honeymoon and we turned off our cell phones and no one would know the difference."you can see paris and hetzel on surveillance at the little neon chapel. at first you see the pair signing what looks like marriage documents, right before paris turns around and tries to walk out the door. hetzel grabs her and they walk out of the chapel.virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"i was very upset and the first time i walked away i was extremely upset. i would not do anything and he ran after me because i was running." about an hour and a half later, they come back.virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"i went through with it a second time because he would not stop."that's how paris described her two month relationship with hetzel virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"very mind controlled. he talked a lot about his explosives and what he would do and what he's done to people, his ex-girlfriends and all that kind of stuff. that made me very nervous, especially on this trip. abby theodros/ reporting:"to people who would ask you, why wouldn't you just run?virginia paris/ kidnapping victim"i tried running. many times, but he wouldn't let me. he had me by his side. he wouldn't let

me run." (grant) paris says, she was able to get away with the help of some hotel staff who called security. hetzel was spotted at a casino outside of las vegas tuesday night .. and taken into custody. (brittney weather tease)(gary sports ahead tease) food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark.

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celebrating tom brady and the new england patriots loss tonight....why you say..because die hard 49er fans can not accept that tom bradys 5 super bowls had given him the mantle opf the greatest quarternack of all time.....if we are having a slow day on the radio...all you need to mention is brady is better than joe..and look out its time to argue. its funnny in a sense because brady grew up in san mateo..his hero joe montana. his dad a great guy...his mom by most accounts recently beat cancer....he's the all america boy only the seconbd quarterback in histoiry to start a game at the age of 40....maybe people are a little jealoius that he married super model gizselle bunchen....in fact brady is the only superstar sports hero in this ountry whos wife

makes more money per year than he does...the general basy area feeling has to be we love montana no matter what. 42-27 your final tonight...and guess who out played tom brady tonight....good old alex smith...368 yardsc and 4 smith...368 yardsc and 4 tlouichdowns....remember when many a fan couldn't wait for smith to go the bench in favor of colin kapepernick....we always rememebr the class smith showed when harbaugh said you sit down...its colins show....smith is exhbitit a...of the line you judge a mans character when he's a little down...not when he's on top....hoiw many of you tonight are saying i wish they would have kept alex smith and not blunced him for kasp.

end of the night montana fans can chirp see bradys not that good....alex smith followers can say ya what a mistake the 49ers made.....vebus williams at the us open...and the warrioirs owe money...at 10:l45.ewyt (gary) and - kron four is expanding it's sports coverage. our two new football shows kick off this weekend. "the sword and shield zone" hosted by kron four's mark carpenter begins saturday night at 9 p-m. then at 9:30 - "the red and gold zone" hosted by kron four's henry wofford" will begin. and "sports night live" is expanding ... and will air every sunday m. coming up so why isn't he buckled in to begin with? his seatbelt is already buckled (because he escaped) he escaped and then buckled his seatbelt? (yea) well you asked me to come to pittsburg well

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request kron4's stanley roberts to highlight bad drivers in your town... and it's a different thing for him to show up with police... (grant) because stan rolls up with the guys who write the tickets...and you could be the one getting popped. i got caught baving badly .. that phrase was uttered by many drivers in pittsburg during a traffic crackdown which involved antioch police, brentwood police, and yes pittsburg police but even before we could get to the location this driver was using the center median to pass (sound of siren)you're being

stopped because you were driving down the center medium. im riding with sergeant terry of the pittsburg police department . we ended up on san marco blvd why? i'll let a resident explain they come through they turn right in the left-hand turn lane like this red pickup. however, he was greeted by one of the officers some drivers were doing other things as well like illegal u-turns take a right turn .. so he gets to have a chat with an antioch police officer any particular reason you turned when you know you couldn't ther freeway is backed up i came this way i came all the way from oakley i'm trying to get to berkeley turns out we have something in common i looked at the news this moring kron 4 and the traffic on 4 was back up loveridge all the way to willow passthis driver had a unique problem, there was an unrestrained child in the backseat so why isn't he

buckled in, to begin with? his seatbelt is already buckled (because he escaped) he escaped and then buckled his seatbelt? (yea) she was issued a ticket for having an unrestrained child under the age of 8 really your going to give me a ticket how much is this going to cost i don't know that oh, i know 490 dollars plus a point on your license . oh did i mention it's per child? officers also focused on speeders on kirker pass road where the posted speed is 55 miles per hour one driver was doing whooo baby 83 83 ..in a bit of irony just before getting pulled over there was a lighted sign reading prepare to stop and there was a problem the officer would encounter which would be repeated multiple times n a short period of time you don't have on you? are you a licensed driver? oh but look at the time i guess i'll have to show you more in the future edition of people behaving badly i was speeding going a little to fast just got the car did realize how fast i was going in pittsburg stanley roberts kron 4 news (grant) 4 your health tonight...

being tall has its benefits, and it has some benefits, and it has some downsides... but according to a new study -- being the jolly green giant is can actually be bad for your health.(vicki) according to a study, in the journal circulation taller people have a greater risk for blood clots. they also found that the shortest women and men had the lowest risk of getting them. and this isn't the only health concern that has been linked to how tall you are -- cancer, heart problems, gestational diabetes and even the length of your life ... have been linked to the length of your body... the c-d-c says blood clots kill about 60- thousand people in the united states each year. thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots

today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(grant) in tonight's feel good story.... while most kids are focusing on the school year starting... a wisconsin elementary student is getting ready to sell her first house. (vicki) and it's part of her plan to help save money for college. from our partners at cnn reporter amanda tyler has the story...

i had a whole vision with this a vision to flip a house has come to life for eleven year old madison bue.the fifth grader is one of six kids in her family and she knows while college is still a few years away...its never too early to start saving.that's where her grandpa cliff comes in.(cliff lecleir-madison's grandfather)) she said, you know we have a lot of children in our household and my parents aren't going to be able to pay for college so i have to find out a way to do that i have been watching these shows and i think i could flip a house cliff admits-- he knew flipping a house wouldn't be an easy task, but he had faith in madison's passion and work ethic.the pair set out to look at houses--and after eleven houses.. madison and cliff decided on this four bedroom, two bathroom house.they closed on the house in early july-- and that's when madison and her family got to work.along with her grandparents, parents and contractors-- madison has

put in her fair share of work in this house renovation.( madison bue))you should have seen it before, there was carpet and we had to rip that out and we had to take out the tack strip and it took a really long time. now we are here and it looks really good (amanda standup))and the eleven year old says this likely won't be her last house she will flipmadison bue) i really think its something fun to do and i really want to do it againwith college savings in mind.. madison is forging ahead with her family .for grandpa cliff, even if their first house doesn't bring in a big profit.... the experience has made it worth while.(cliff lecleir-madison's grandfather) if we don't make a penny on this the bonding that has taken place between my granddaughter and myself and been part of the side benefits (vicki) still ahead.. a new twist coming to krispy kreme doughnuts.... how the pastry company is getting ready for fall... but only for one day... we'll explain...

- grocery outlet is the home of "wow" savings. "wow" means you save 50% or more. there are three stages of "wow". denial. - is this price right? - acceptance. and boooyah! wait for it. boooyah has three "o's". ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ announcer: this week, assorted flavors of power bars are just four for a dollar. (grant) with fall just

around the corner... more and more places are coming out with pumpkin spice flavored items....(vicki) first it was starbucks and now krispy kreme.... is are offering a pumpkin spice original glazed doughnuts... but there is a catch...(vicki) it's only offering the the special doughnuts for one day only tomorrow... friday

september 8th...the company says it's its way of ushering in autumn. and it stresses... one day only... friday... all day... at participating locations... while supplies last. (grant) horror movie "it" is set to creep its way into theaters this weekend ... but residents in a pennsylvania town got a sneak preview ... when a balloon prank based on the flick popped up all over town. residents there - started noticing red balloons appearing on sewer grates all over town police responded and rounded up the balloons. they also tweeted that they were "terrified" to inspect the evidence. but as it turns out, it wasn't a creepy clown terrorizing the town... it was a group of teen girls just clowning around. the group fessed up, and reportedly met with police for a "funny follow-up". (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 9.(steve) but the news in prime time continues,

pam moore and steve aveson are here with a look at what we're working on for kron 4 news at 10. ((pam)) that's right grant and vicki... florida is bracing for one of the strongest hurricanes on record. irma is barreling right towards south florida... with miami expected to take a direct hit. next at ten... another group of bay area first responders just back from texas... are now packing up and going to florida to help out.plus...it is one of the largest data breaches in u-s history.the personal information of half the country's half the country's population...compromised after equifax is hacked.next..we talk to a cyber security expert who says this latest breach should raise a lot of eyebrows.((pam)) plus... chief meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking your four zone forecast ... as we head into the weekend. ((steve))don't go away...kron 4 news at ten is starts right after the break.

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aveson.(pam) and i'm pam moore. welcome to kron four news at ten. the credit reporting company says, the breach compromised the personal information of nearly half the people in the country. cyber -criminals accessed sensitive information.... including social security numbers, birth dates and addresses. equifax says, credit card numbers for about 209- thousand u-s customers were exposed. the breach happened from mid-may through july 20-17... but was just made public now. (steve) tonight we have learned three equifax executives sold stock right after the company learned about the breach. kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight in menlo park... and charles you talked to a cyber security expert there today who says this hack is alarming on many levels. yes, it's been reported that the security breech was discoverd in july and in early august 3 equifax